"The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it." - Leonardo da Vinci

Color. Ever wonder if everyone perceived color differently? I don’t mean just a few shades but completely differently? For example: A sunflower; for the sake of this example we will say the color of the petals is truly yellow and the stem green. Now let’s take Michael, Leonardo and Picasso. Michael has brown eyes and truly sees the color yellow as blue and green as white. Leonardo has green eyes and truly sees the color yellow as purple and green as gray. Picasso has blue eyes and truly sees the color yellow as green and green as blue. It works like this for every color in combination. Of course the reason we agree on what color an object is would be because we are taught that color's name from the beginning. Now that we have off-set the whole world of colors try to imagine it through another person's eyes. Who would have the pink trees and purple skies? Or the blue grass with green trees and brown leaves. How are the colors decided? Is it based on the color of your eyes? Or is it truly unique to every individual? When a baby is born and their eyes are blue are they for the first time subconsciously choosing the colors they want to see? Are there any colors that are agreed upon? Perhaps (black and white)? Perhaps infants see only two colors for a long time and then suddenly the third color is there and recognized (black white and red). Do painters tend to have a more vivid and warm set of colors or a more subtle cool set of colors which they can more creatively see the world? Is the color blind person the one who argues what a color really is? Does the set of colors you have tend to pull your personality more in one direction? Do murderers have a lot of red based tones? More importantly does the color red truly make a person angry or is it just a theory we are all taught? Is everyone’s favorite color truly pink and we are instead calling it green or blue or yellow? - Is color really color at all or is reality a large scale of gray and humans percieve the color they see?-

Theory: http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwphil/ccompan.html